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Welcome to Teacher Induction, Year Two

Technology Integration


October 30, 2015
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Agenda


Welcome and Introductions
  • Brenda Calhoun - Educational Technology Specialist
  • Amanda Winfield - Instructional Designer

Backchannel: 81Dash
Blog Post



Survey Results Discussion . . . Tool?

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Professional Learning Network Strategies (Jigsaw Activity)
  • Twitter (Retweet your favorite find with #IU8!)
  • SAS PLCs
  • IU8 PLN
  • Aggregators (Flipboard, others?)
  • Blogs
  • MOOCs (Wikipedia!)
  • Podcasts, Webinars, Virtual Conferences
  • Other (FaceBook, WeConnect, Edutopia, Surprise us!)

Housekeeping Task: IU 8 registration system

Professional Conduct Online
  • District-specific Social Media Policies (For Educators)
  • Court Cases (Internet Search in Pairs)
  • Gray Areas (Whole Group Conversation)

Online Resources

Are you using technology or are you integrating technology??

Using Technology
 Technology Integration
Usage is random and often an afterthought
 A routine part of the classroom environment
Used purely for the sake of using technology
 Used to support curricular goals and learning objectives
Used to instruct students on content
 Used to engage students with content
Technology is mostly used by the instructors
 Technology is mostly used by the students
Focus on simply using technologies
 Focus on using technologies to create and develop new thinking processes
More instructional time is spent learning how to use technology
 More instructional time is spent using the technology to learn
Used to create lower level thinking tasks
 Used to encourage higher order thinking tasks
Used solely by individuals working alone
 Used to facilitate collaboration in and out of the classroom
Used to facilitate activities that are feasible or easier without technology
 Used to facilitate activities that would otherwise be difficult or impossible
Used to deliver information
 Used to construct & build knowledge
*Use the Backchannel to provide your thoughts.*

**Educational Technology and Mobile Learning**
  • These guides come in very handy for every teacher looking to better integrate technology into his/her teaching. They are very simple,developed in a step by step process, illustrated by pictures, diagrams, video tutorials, and examples, and concluded with a webliography containing links to a variety of other websites the topic under discussion.


Individual Student Devices - ChromeBooks, iPads, phones, SurfacePro, etc.
  • Sharing from participants; what has worked and what has been challenging
  • Available accessories
  • Presentation techniques
  • Outstanding apps/tools, both demo and where to find relevant ones



Moving to NearPod

Let's Kahoot and More on NearPod



Extension Activity
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